inventory allocation to various customers

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

Merchant seeks a way to reserve inventory separately for wholesale and retail customers for the same products. Goal: prevent retail purchases from consuming stock allocated to wholesale, while still letting wholesale customers buy monthly from their pre-set 3–4 month quota.

Context: Stock is imported every 3–4 months. Wholesale buying occurs monthly; retail buying is ad hoc. Wholesale customers access discounted pricing via a third‑party login app.

Requested capability:

  • Allocate a portion of each product’s inventory specifically to wholesale versus retail.
  • Track and allow monthly wholesale purchases against a multi‑month allocation/quota.
  • Ensure retail cannot oversell the wholesale allocation.

Technical note: No specific Shopify or app solution is identified in the post; the login app is used only for pricing access.

Status: Inquiry only; no proposed solutions or decisions yet. Discussion remains open, seeking guidance on methods or tools to enforce separate inventory pools and monthly wholesale drawdowns.

Summarized with AI on December 14. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi

I import products about every 3 to 4 months to stock up my shopify shop. I have a wholesale section and a retail section.

My wholesale customers like to buy per month and the retail is just when ever. How can I allocate stock of the same product to my wholesale customers and retail customers separately. I want this to ensure the retail wont over sell my wholesale allocation, but still allow my wholesale customers to by monthly from their total 3 or 4 month quota. My wholesale customers login in via a third party app to get the wholesale price.

I hope I’ve explained that ok

Thanks

Luke